Artistically, the success of several early doom/death metal bands laid in their ability to experiment outside of the norm. Female vocals, unusual instruments and inspiration from non-metal sources ...
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Colin
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I have been listening to metal since the age of... 14 or so. Besides music, I'm also interested in boxing, fitness, meeting new people and enjoy reading about a variety of topics.
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Originally written by a drunk Peter Steele within four hours during his Carnivore days, Slow, Deep and Hard is one of those albums that’s undeniably hilarious, yet isn’t ...
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Comments Off on Review: Type O Negative “Slow, Deep and Hard” [Roadracer Records]
Novembers Doom are one of the stranger bands that we’ve tend to associate with the doom/death metal genre. They began as a faithful doom/death metal unit and although ...
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Comments Off on Review: Novembers Doom “Amid Its Hallowed Mirth” [Avantgarde Music]
Although Swedish death metal consists of a few key ingredients, it goes without saying that most bands that were around during the genre’s peak had their own unique ...
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Comments Off on Review: Utumno “Across the Horizon” [Cenotaph Records]
Singles aren’t my usual pick of choice, but since my curiosity got the best of me, I had decided to give this one a shot. It’s better than The ...
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Comments Off on Review: Paradise Lost “Forever Failure” [Music for Nations]
It always fascinates me how quickly the musical ideas and visions of certain artists change over time. Who’d be a better example than Tom Warrior himself? During his ...
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Comments Off on Review: Celtic Frost “To Mega Therion” [Noise Records]
Ever since the proper vocalists became a part of Black Sabbath, the band’s sound had more or less become accessible (that’s not to say that there haven’t been ...
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Comments Off on Review: Black Sabbath “Headless Cross” [I.R.S. Records]
It always amuses me to hear how inconsistent certain bands can be and unfortunately, Tad Morose are one of the best examples that I can think of. The ...
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Comments Off on Review: Tad Morose “Modus Vivendi” [Century Media Records]
Hungarian metal is something that has yet to break into the West and while bands like Ossian and Pokolgép have been doing their thing since the 80’s, I ...
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Comments Off on Review: Ossian “Acélszív” [Hungaroton]
There are a variety of death metal bands that formed during the genre’s early stage, but started to release albums way later and in this case, we’re talking ...
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Comments Off on Review: Insanity “Death After Death” [M.B.R. Records]
The 80’s marked the start of inconsistent line-ups, sounds and production values for Black Sabbath. It’s as if Tony Iommi kept adapting more to his singer’s styles rather ...
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Comments Off on Review: Black Sabbath “The Eternal Idol” [Vertigo Records]
I don’t know about you, but if you ask me, playing metal shouldn’t be complicated. Have a vocalist who can sing in tune, play a few riffs that ...
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Comments Off on Review: Tad Morose “Matters of the Dark” [Century Media Records]
Over the last couple of years I’ve become familiar with Japanese metal and I’m surprised by the amount of quality of obscure bands. Sure, you’ve got the Japanese ...
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Comments Off on Review: Dancer “Violent Emotion” [Mandrake Root]
By no means am I huge fan of Tad Morose, but I can see why they’d appeal to fans of heavier power metal and for a quick comparison, ...
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Comments Off on Review: Tad Morose “Undead” [Century Media Records]
Sometimes you just need to take a break in order to recharge your creativity. Such was with the case with Riot V, as their two post-Speranza albums weren’t ...
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Comments Off on Review: Riot V “Thundersteel” [CBS]
On paper, Czech black metal might be an ideal style for people who struggle to get into the harsh sound that we’ve come to associate with Norway and ...
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Comments Off on Review: Master’s Hammer “Ritual” [Monitor]
Often lumped together with Varathron and Rotting Christ, Necromantia were another important band of the Greek black metal scene. Of course, each of these bands had their own ...
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Comments Off on Review: Necromantia “Scarlet Evil Witching Black” [Osmose Productions]
Sometimes bands do the unthinkable and Cloven Hoof is certainly one of the bands that fall into this category. They started out as a NWOBHM band and as ...
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Comments Off on Review: Cloven Hoof “Dominator” [Heavy Metal Records]
Although often put into the same category, none of the early Brazilian extreme metal bands had the same thrash/death/black metal ratio and in Expulser’s case, we’re talking about ...
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Comments Off on Review: Expulser “The Unholy One” [Cogumelo Records]
Look at that album cover. Don’t those guys look absolutely sick? Nowadays face paint might be an unnecessary cliché, but once upon a time it clearly wasn’t. Formed ...
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Comments Off on Review: Sarcófago “I.N.R.I.” [Cogumelo Records]
